[Eril-l] Steam PC Cafe for Libraries

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Hi Jessica,

We use the Steam PC Cafe model for our Virtual Learning Center in the library. 

Our licensing is signed by univ ogc not by anyone in the library.  It took a long time before our ogc decided to approve this.  We and ogc reached out to Steam and never heard back. I think the Steam PC Cafe model is set up so steam won't have to talk to libraries/small orgs, etc. 

We've purchased some steam games on our library p-card. If we want the game to be available on 3 workstations, we purchase three copies. We do offer a lot of free steam games as well and some other software we've licensed.

I can talk more about this if you want, if you email me directly.

I was brought into this later in the process and I think the steam pc model wasn't exactly what they thought it would be. 

Emily




Emily Ray
Electronic Resources Librarian
Thomas G. Carpenter Library
University of North Florida
emily.ray at unf.edu
904-620-5673



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Hello,
We’re looking into potentially setting up a site license to Steam PC Café. Have any of you had experience with licensing Steam for your library or know of a library who has set it up? I’m particularly interested in how payment and access has worked for other libraries and whether there were any major issues with the license (we’re being asked to click through an NDA before we can see the license or any pricing). Also, if you have any contact information for someone at Steam, that would be helpful as well.

Thank you!

Jessica Harris
Electronic Resources Management Librarian
The University of Chicago Library
773-702-0228
jah1 at uchicago.edu